Tree Man

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

The man who looks like a tree
November 22, 2007

He is known simply as Tree Man. Since he cut his knee as a teenager, strange roots have been growing out of Dede, a 35-year-old Indonesian fisherman. Now he is hoping his life can be saved from his bizarre affliction.

Now, to be honest, we at Metro Online are not sure if we believe this, but you decide for yourselves. The strange growths mean he cannot use his hands. He was sacked from his job and his wife left him.

To help raise his two children, at one point he joined a freak show with other victims of peculiar diseases. An American dermatology expert believes he may be able to cure the warts on Dede's body. Dr Anthony Gaspari of the University of Maryland says that a rare genetic fault will not allow Dede's immune system to stop the spread of the growths. However, he believes a synthetic form of Vitamin A could stop the development of the warts.

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I saw a comment elsewhere asking how he puts his shirt on over these growths, and that seems a fair question!

maycm · 'cheeky banana' Joined: 29 Apr 2006

Bloody hell!

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

How terrible. I can't even imagine.

major.tom · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject:

I can't buy this one. It looks too bizarre.

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

pirtybirdy · 'Native New Yorker' Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: FL USA

So, it sounds like this guy can still be cured. After that, he'll need a good haircut too.

Bat · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Location: Top of the Northern line.

How did he get his shirt on?

Griffo · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Staffordshire, England

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

I've been considering this important question and the only answer is velcro!

Griffo · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Staffordshire, England

Pure skillz!!!11

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Tree man' Dede demonstrates holding a pen during a news conference in Bandung. Dede returned home on Monday after being hospitalized for nine months to undergo surgery to remove the gnarled growths that sprouted from his hands and feet.

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That's cleared up quite a bit - good for him.

luke · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Location: by the sea

thats a massive improvement!

Twirley · Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina

And he had a haircut too!

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

That's a shame for the guy. There must be some way to clear it up if it is just warts though, surely.

Twirley · Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina

I'm surprised there isn't a drug in the US market that he could take - they have drugs for almost everything else.